Miscellaneous
Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Sketch of Windsor Forest, 1788 (Windsor, Berkshire, UK) 51°28'12"N 00°41'06"W
c.1788Pen, ink, pencil and watercolour; drawn on two sheets of paper, joined | Scale: not stated | RCIN 734106.2.b
Formerly kept in a buff rag paper folder on which is inscribed (recto, bottom) the old heading and, in black pencil in a modern hand: (a-d) CMB Jan 87.
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: ink smudges heavy surface dirt along top edge, the dirt pattern consistent with the item having been rolled and tied.
H.F. Gardner (active 1788) (draughtsman) [top right, below title:] H.F. Gardner
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Cavalry-16th (or The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (1767-1809)Watermark: JWHATMAN
Mark, stamped: 1058
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: ink smudges heavy surface dirt along top edge, the dirt pattern consistent with the item having been rolled and tied
Scale: not stated
55.7 x 31.4 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of the Movements intended / to be performed before His Majesty at a / Review of the 16..th or Queens Regiment of / Light Dragoons in Windsor Forest / May 26th 1788. [top right]
Annotations:
George III heading: Windsor 26 May 1788.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Windsor Two drawn Sketches of the Movements intended to be performed before His Majesty at a Review of the 16.th or Queen’s Regiment of Light Dragoons in Windsor Forest, 26.th May 1788: by H.F. Gardner; with MS Explanations.
Subject(s)
Windsor, Berkshire, UK (51°28'12"N 00°41'06"W)
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5 June 2024
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